Cavaliers center Brendan Haywood (foot) made a brief season debut Tuesday night against Portland. Haywood only played the two minutes in the second quarter committing a shooting foul on Damian Lillard. He was pulled for Mike Miller with 15 seconds remaining in the first half. He was held scoreless with no field goal attempts in a 101-82 defeat.

Cavaliers center Brendan Haywood told Comcast SportsNet Northwest that he's been fully cleared by the team's medical staff. Haywood missed last season because of a broken foot. He should be ready for the start of training camp and the season.

"They (the Cavaliers) may be cautious with me but I'm good to go now," Haywood said.

Cavaliers center Brendan Haywood might be able to play during the first half of the 2014-15 season according to The Plain Dealer, as he is in better shape than expected ahead of the start of training camp.

According to the report, the team was concerned their recently-acquired big man might not be able to play until January, if at all, due to foot surgery last season. Haywood missed all of last season as a result of the surgery, but might be able to provide some depth in the backcourt shortly.